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R E SOLU TI ON O P P OSI TI O N W I TH R E Q UEST F OR R E C O N S I DER A

T I ON A N D

C A L L F OR CO N GR E SS I O NA L I N T E RV ENT I ON I N T H E MA T T E R OF WI SE

COU N T Y

, T E X A S B E I N G DES I GNA T ED A S M E M B E R OF DALL AS

- F ORT W ORTH

( D F W ) A R E A N AA QS 20 1 2 E I G H T H OUR O Z O N E N ON A T TAI N M E N T A R EA

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Admini s t r a tor Ja c k s on:

On b e h a lf of T XI Operation s

, L P

, pl ea s e a c c ept this l e t t er a s o ff i c i a l noti c e of requ e s t f or r e

- revi e w a nd

recon s id e ration of your C onc l u s ion De c i s ion to a dd W i s e C ounty to the D F W Area nonat t a i nment

d e s ign a tion.

T XI Operation s

, L P

, h a s b e en a p a rt of W i s e C ou n ty f or c l o s e to s ixty y ea rs, a s w e h a ve b e en oper a ti n g our

B ridgepo r t Stone P l a nt there s in c e 1953. As a m e mber of this community, w e a re t r oubl e d w ith the l a ck of

s c i entific b a s is w ith w hi c h the E P A h a s d e ter m in e d to d e s ign a te W i s e C ounty a s p a rt of the D F W

nonat t a inment are a

.

T XI s uppo r t s the s h a red po s ition of the T e xa s C o mmi ss ion on E nvironmental Qua l ity ( T CE Q) a nd W i s e

C ounty that this county s hould not be in c lud e d i n the D F W nonat t a inm e nt a re a

. T CE Q h a s a lr e a dy

recomm e nded to E P A t h a t W i s e C ounty s hould n ot be d e s ign a ted a s p a rt of this nonat t a inment a r e a a nd

h a s demon s t r a ted that E P A’s a ss essm e nt w a s condu c ted with f a ctors th a t were erro n eous a nd d i d not

in c lude re v i s ed T CE Q d a ta or corre c tion s

. Add i tiona l l y

, it is impo r tant t o note that t h ere a re no a ir

monito r ing s tations within W i s e C ounty, a nd that p a rt of the E P A’s b a s is f or in c luding W i s e C ounty in the

nonat t a inment a rea wa s d a ta co l l e c ted f rom a ir monito r ing e q uipm e nt in a n e ighboring c o unty w hi c h is

p r e va ilingly u p w ind of W i s e.

B y E P A’s own d a ta, W i s e C ount y ’s popul a tion, t o tal VOC a nd NOx emi ss ion s

, a nd a nn u a l v eh i c l e mil e s

t r a v e ll e d a ll p a l e in comp a ri s on to the to t a ls of tho s e f ig u res w ithin the e x i s t ing D F W nonat t a in m ent a re a

. F u r ther, p r e va iling w inds in the re g ion a re f rom the e a s t and sou t h, w hi c h me a ns that W i s e C ounty is u s u a lly

down w

ind of a ny em i ss ions f rom t he a re a

, not g e n er a lly a contribu t o r

. I t c a nnot be ov e r

- emph a s i z ed that

in c luding W i s e C ounty a s p a rt of the D F W non a t ta inment a rea w ould impo s e s ignific a nt undue e c onomic

consequ e n c es upon the c i tiz e ns a nd bu s in e ss es of W i s e C ounty. A d es ign a tion w ith s u c h s igni f i ca nt

e c onomic ramific a tions s hould not be i s s u e d li g htly, or w ith s u c h a gre a t d e gree of doubt reg a rding t h e

f ound a tion of the re a s on a nd b a s is f or the d e c i s ion. I f W i s e C ounty w ere i n c l uded b y E P A a s p a rt of the

### D F W nonat t a inment a re a

, T XI is c e r t a in that the E P A w ould hold the co u nty to a much high e r burden of

p r oof f or a demon s t ration of a t t a inment t h a n th a t t o wh i ch E P A is c u r rently h olding it s e l f

.

F or the s e re a s on s

, a nd f or the re a s ons p r e v iou s ly po s ited by both T CE Q a nd W i s e C oun t y, T XI s t r ongly

a ss erts that W i s e C ounty s hould not be a p ar t of t he D F W nonat t a inment a re a

, that the d a ta is in s u f f i c i e n t

to re a ch the c u r rent con c l u s ion a nd that E P A r e

- revi e w a nd re c on s id e r t his C onc l u s ion D e c i s io n

.

R espe c t f ull y

,

Da v id Perkins

Vi c e P r esident

E nvironmental, Gov e rn m ent a nd P ublic A ff a irs

T XI O p e ration s

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